SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. military officials are mulling
over lowering the level of surveillance operations on North Korea amid no signs

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's parliamentary speaker urged the
legislature to make speed in amending the country's decades-old Constitution,

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SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense minister plans to step up
regional consensus on ways to deal with North Korea when he visits Russia and

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man in his 50s was wounded in explosion
at a hotel in Jakarta on Friday, Seoul's foreign ministry said.

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- Five people were killed and hundreds of others were
left homeless on Thursday as heavy rains pounded the country's southern region,

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- LG Display Co., the world's second-largest flat screen
maker, aims to produce 32-inch organic light emitting diode (OLED) televisions in

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SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended up 0.55 percent Friday as

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1-year TB 2.73 2.66 +0.07

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended up 0.55 percent Friday as
investors picked up brokerage and shipyard shares, taking a cue from overnight

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KISWire 43,600 UP 150
LotteSamkang 189,500 UP 500
HankukPaprMfg 38,900 DN 500